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		<title>Resume Extension Series:  City of Aspen/Pitkin County Redesign</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What an opportunity – I won’t forget the day my manager approached me as soon as the Aspen project was signed and asked me to take it on.  It was the biggest project Artemis had seen at that time.  I knew exactly what that meant, that I would be doing anything and everything possible to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=842&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resume Extension Series:  What &amp; Why</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to do a series of resume extensions to describe the involvement that I&#8217;ve had in previous projects that I&#8217;ve worked on. What it is A deep dive into my work, one project at a time. Why the Resume Extension Series? The reason I&#8217;ve started this is twofold. 1. I&#8217;ve found it to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=834&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A year ago today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://messera1.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/a-year-ago-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black A year ago today, I was flying off to Armenia.  I had no idea what to expect.  I arrived 2 calendar days after I left my home-base of Detroit, Michigan.  My wide-eyed and eager-to-learn self, mentally ready for 7 months in a new country with a new language with new ways of being, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=824&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evil and Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stayed up until 4am last night finishing Greg Mortenson&#8217;s book, Stones Into Schools, and have read more than enough to understand why he&#8217;s received over 10 honorary doctorate degrees from universities nationwide and was nominated alongside Obama for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.  He is an inspiration to me and to many and I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=775&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2010&#8242;s Holiday card</title>
		<link>http://messera1.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/2010s-holiday-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s winter now in Michigan, and we&#8217;re in the middle of a big snow storm at the moment.  Many don&#8217;t like snow, my friends in Cali don&#8217;t even know what the word &#8220;snow&#8221; means, but I personally love it.  It&#8217;s beautiful to look outside and see the land covered in white, cozy to sit by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=772&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Products need to be challenged and valued to make an impact</title>
		<link>http://messera1.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/products-need-to-be-challenged-and-valued-to-make-waves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>messera1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Business Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve long leaned toward the service business model over the product business model.  This is not only because in shooting for excellence one can&#8217;t help but think the chances of building the next most brilliant Facebook or Twitter application are much lower than the chances of successfully taking an organization to the next level of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=767&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My impressions being back&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://messera1.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/my-impressions-being-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>messera1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am settling in surprisingly well, I&#8217;m completely surprising myself!   I guess 7 months surrounded by people who were initially strangers to me, makes me appreciate my own family more.  Now that I&#8217;m back, I can&#8217;t stop laughing and thinking that the dynamics between my mom and dad are hilarious&#8230; the same things that would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=765&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#8217;m Thankful For</title>
		<link>http://messera1.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/what-im-thankful-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>messera1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["These things are old these things are true"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s really special to be home just in time for Thanksgiving.  I woke up this morning thinking more this year than others, how appreciative I am of so many aspects of my life.  These aspects are illuminated more clearly for me this year. I am thankful for the amenities at home that feel like luxuries [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=759&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things I missed</title>
		<link>http://messera1.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/things-i-missed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>messera1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts of the Day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smiling, friendly Mid-Westerners Talked with the lady sitting next to me the whole ride back from Chicago to Detroit &#8211; Londoners look shocked when I say hello to them, Armenian&#8217;s stare when someone new enters their eco-system.  The joking going on between the airport attendants when I first landed in the US was refreshing.  They [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=755&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Vatche and Levon are good men</title>
		<link>http://messera1.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/why-vatche-and-levon-are-good-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here are Levon and Vatche, my most amazing hosts in London.  Mandy comes hopping into their ever-busy lives, and they are so kind to take the time to lay out a tube map for me, set up the cot, leave out a fresh towel, and give me the tour of the kitchen being sure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=messera1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3591624&amp;post=747&amp;subd=messera1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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